AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Issues
Topical Interest Group
AEA 2011, Anaheim, CA
We have selected proposals and are getting ready to go to Anaheim. If you have questions about this TIG's program, please contact either of our conference co-chairs: John Daws (johndaws@email.arizona.edu) or Joe E Heimlich (heimlich.1@osu.edu).
About the LGBT Issues TIG
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues TIG provides visibility of and support for LGBT issues within AEA. The TIG serves LGBT-identified evaluation colleagues, LGBT allies, and evaluators interested in working with LGBT populations. It provides a safe forum to explore LGBT issues within AEA and in the profession.
The TIG promotes better understanding of LGBT issues through developing and sponsoring LGBT-focused conference programs, providing support and guidance for evaluators working with LGBT related issues, and by further enhancing and supporting the diversity efforts within AEA and our profession.
How to join the LGBT Issues TIG - All AEA members can join this TIG as one of the five TIGs each member is entitled to become member of. For information about joining AEA TIGs, visit AEA's TIG webpage.
Even if you do not join, be involved with the TIG's activities - We encourage you to attend our business meetings and other sessions sponsored by our TIG at the AEA Annual Conferences. This year's sessions are listed in the Conference section of this site.
Submit a paper or panel presentation Paper submission is closed for 2011, but we welcome ideas for the 2012 conference. As the smallest TIG in AEA, our acceptance rate of papers is very high. We will work with you to form a panel with other persons, if you wish. Just contact one of our Program Chairs (in the "Directory" section of this site).
Attend Conference sessions sponsored by this TIG Your presence at sessions sponsored by the LGBT Issues TIG are the most important contributions you can make to help TIG thrive. Our activities are listed in the "Conference" section of this site.
Come to our Social held each year at the AEA conference. We meet at a restaurant, and the TIG provides appetizers. A time to "let your hair down" and meet colleagues. Check the "News" and "Conference" sections of this site for information. (Usually posted in late summer.)
Submit articles to AEA journals We very much encourage you to consider submitting your manuscripts on issues related to LGBT and evaluation to the prestigious AEA journals - The American Journal of Evaluation (AJE) and the New Directions in Evaluation (NDE). AJE accepts free-standing articles while NDE typically accepts proposals for single volumes on a particular topic. If you need assistance in developing ideas for manuscripts or with submission process, please feel free to e-mail any of the TIG leaders listed on this site.
Join our egroup -You can also join our egroup where you'll be connected to others interested in LGBT issues in evaluation.